Should you tell an employer that you are pregnant when you go for the interview? Will they still hire you?

Answer 1

I went on an interview pregnant. They have no right to ask and you're not obligated to answer. Legally they cannot discriminated againt you just because you are pregnant.

Answer 2

Personally I don't think that you should tell them because more than likely you won't get the job. It may be illegal for them not to hire you because of it, but they will try to find another reason not to hire you. Or they might just make up a reason so that they don't get in trouble. I mean if you think about it if you were on the other side of the matter would you hire someone that was pregnant and you knew they had to go on maternity leave right after they get trained so you have to hire and train someone else when they could have left you out of the picture? Sorry but it is true

Answer 3

Blah blah blah, yeah it's discrimination but they don't have to tell you why they didn't hire you. And they certainly aren't going to tell you that you were not picked because you are pregnant, that would be ignorant because you could sue them.

Here's how it will most likely go, you will tell them, they will tell you after your interview that they have a few more interviews to do and they should make their decision by the end of the week. You go home feeling as if you did well on the interview and you never hear from them unless its by post card stating that they found a more qualified candidate.

Don't tell them. An employer can not ask you your status. I have been fired from a job because I got pregnant 6 months after I started. Now they didn't say that, but the company was small (approximately 11 people worked there) and by having me there with medical insurance and maternity medical bills every ones rates would have gone up. They didn't want that so they found some lame reason to can me.

You have to have irrefutable proof that a company denied your employment discriminately. Trust me, it's not going to win your favor to tell them.

Answer 4

I wouldn't tell them. I'm not planning to in my current job search. It's something that doesn't need to be discussed at an interview, even if you're 8 months pregnant. Marriage, children, etc., aren't suppose to be discussed. It would be lovely to live in a perfect world where the best person for the job got the job, because yes, it's illegal to not hire someone because they are pregnant. However, they aren't going to cite that as the reason you weren't hired. Many places will not hire someone who is pregnant. Depending on the work, they may have to have lighter duties, more time off, & then of course leave when you take off to have the baby. Employers will think of this when they consider you. I suggest until after you get the job, if you do, & once you start showing. That's when most tell their employer anyway. Good luck.

Answer 5

Don't listen to some of these people...obviously don't know the laws. A potential employer can NOT ask you if you are pregnant - they may not hire you if they can tell you are pregnant without asking, but if you aren't very far along it shouldn't be very noticeable. I got a new job at 16 weeks pregnant and am very happy with it. I told my bosses about a week after I was hired, and everything is fine. They also can NOT fire you for being pregnant. So go for it...pregnant women need jobs too!

Answer 6

By law, any potential employer can not discriminate against you due to your pregnancy, however, that does not stop them for finding other reasons, even though we all know what the true reason is, And being in human resources, an employer wants to know that after investing both time and money into training and development of a new hire, that ..he/she will be there to put that knowledge to work for the company and perhaps companies feel that what would be the purpose of training someone who is going to leave in a few months and be gone for up to 6 months and when she returns, whats the guaranty that she'll retained everything she's been taught, thus costing more money to retrain.

Bottom line is money...
If it were me, I would wait untill after your 60 or sometimes 90 day trial period is over, then let them know...Hopefully you are not showing too much by then.

Answer 7

Do you have to tell them? No. Should you? Yep. Even though they're not allowed to ask, do you really want to be that person? What sort of trust do you think your employer will have in you if you get a job, and a couple of months later you tell them that you're going to take a couple of months off? Be a better person than that. If they won't hire you because you're pregnant, you wouldn't want to work there in the first place.

Answer 8

Don't tell them. If I was hiring, I don't want to know. Say for example there was some legitimate reason as to why you didn't the job and I hired somebody else. Eg. qualifications. Now you could come back and try to sue me and say I didn't hire you because you were pregnant. I just don't wanna know!

Answer 9

Being an HR grad I know how illegal it is for that to effect their decision but I also know the hundreds of ways to get around it and say it was due to something else. I agree with a previous girl. If you are not showing, they will not ask you, if they do point out that that is an illegal question and move on. After you get the job and settle in for a couple weeks you can break the news. Be careful getting a new job though read their FMLA requirements. Many places require you work a full year before you qualify for FMLA (maternity leave)

Answer 10

I wouldnt tell them. Im not saying that you wont get hired, but they will obviously hire the nonpregnant person over the pregnant person. Thats because of course, pregnant girls have to take alot of time off with doctor visits, and sick days and then maternity leave. My advise to you, is not to say anything. If you get hired, wait about 3 weeks or so and let them know. They wont be mad, I promise ;-)!

*30 weeks pregnant!

Answer 11

in case you desperately desire this activity suitable now (we could say for wellbeing advantages/the money) then that is on your benefit to no longer say something (even regardless of the incontrovertible fact that i know how that sounds) yet in maximum cases no person is going to hire you on a protracted term foundation with understanding that interior 6 months you would be finding to furnish delivery and then probably require maternity go away time. that is incredibly useful to think approximately appearing some temp artwork at this factor that would resolve your undertaking around the board considering that those sort of employers are finding for short term workers first of all.